The Playmates – Beep Beep! – The Playmates Collection 1957-62 – 2CD

The Playmates were a vocal trio who came together at the University of Connecticut and developed an act based around novelty pop material and vocal harmonies, signing to the Roulette label in 1957. Over the next five years they had ten hits, the best-known being the No. 4 US novelty hit “Beep Beep”, which became a perennial favourite on radio request shows on both sides of the Atlantic – the song had to be rerecorded for the UK to cut out the mention of commercial car brands so that the record could be played by the BBC. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises just about all their A&B sides from this era, plus the titles from their “At Play”, “Wait For Me” and “Cuttin’ Capers” albums not otherwise featured on singles, and selected titles from their album “Calypso”. It features all their career hits, including “Beep Beep” and the Top 30 entries “Jo-Ann”, “Don’t Go Home” and “What Is Love”. It’s a substantial and reasonably comprehensive selection of their recordings from what was the primary era of their career, and it’s a thoroughly entertaining showcase for their highly distinctive talent as songwriters and performers of an unusual style of pop.

Track Listing:

CD1:
1. Barefoot Girl -   2. Pretty Woman -   3. Darling It’s Wonderful -   4. Island Girl -   5. Magic Shoes -   6. Jo-Ann -   7. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming -   8. Let's Be Lovers -   9. Give Me Another Chance -   10. Don't Go Home -   11. Can't You Get It Through Your Head -   12. The Day I Died -   13. While The Record Goes Around -   14. Beep Beep -   15. Your Love -   16. Star Love -   17. The Thing-A-Ma-Jig -   18. What Is Love -   19. I Am -   20. First Love -   21. A Ciu-e (Ah Che -Way) -   22. On The Beach -   23. The Song Everybody’s Singing -   24. Second Chance -   25. These Things I Offer You -   26. Parade Of Pretty Girls -   27. Our Wedding Day -   28. Wait For Me - 29. Eyes Of Angel -

CD2:
1. Little Miss Stuck-up -   2. Real Life -   3. Tell Me What She Said -   4. Cowboys Never Cry -   5. Wimoweh -   6. One Little Kiss -   7. Bachelor Flat -   8. Keep Your Hands In Your Pocket -   9. Petticoats Fly -   10. Goombay -   11. Tonight My Heart She Is Crying -   12. Sing Bahama Mama -   13. Evolution -   14. The Trouble With Man -   15. Lot Of Money, Lot Of Woman -   16. Substitute for Love -   17. Lovable -   18. Intimate -   19. Let's Have A Party -   20. The Macaroni Song -   21. Worry -   22. Our Friend -   23. The Lady Or The Tiger -   24. What A Dream I Had -   25. Women Drivers -   26. Egypt -   27. Modern Science -  28. Bag Of Sand -   29. It’s Amour -